Blade of the Ronin

by Cannibal Ox

Blade of the Ronin cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 March 2015
  • Label: iGC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:53
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Black Milk, Vast Aire, Bill Cosmiq, Chuck Wilson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving fourteen years after their legendary debut, the Harlem duo officially reunites for a highly anticipated sophomore record. Eschewing the original, defining production of El-P, the group enlists Bill Cosmiq to provide a similarly icy, dystopian boom-bap landscape. Vast Aire and Vordul Mega's abstract, complex lyricism continues to dissect the gritty realities of New York street life.

Genres

Descriptors: Conscious, rhythmic, conscious, sampling, underground, experimental, rap, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Cipher Unknown (Intro) (1:59)
  2. Opposite of Desolate (3:32)
  3. Psalm 82 (3:24)
  4. The Power Cosmiq (4:54)
  5. Blade: The Art of Ox (4:35)
  6. Pressure of Survival (Skit) (0:23)
  7. Carnivorous (4:30)
  8. Thunder in July (4:34)
  9. Water (3:59)
  10. The Horizon (Interlude) (1:42)
  11. Harlem Knights (3:36)
  12. Sabertooth (4:49)
  13. Iron Rose (4:02)
  14. Solar System (Cosmos) [Skit] (0:47)
  15. Gotham (Ox City) (4:34)
  16. Unison (Skit) (0:24)
  17. Vision (3:43)
  18. Salvation (3:18)

Credits

  • Cannibal Ox - primary artist
  • Djob Nkondo Jonathan - artwork
  • DJ Cip One - scratches
  • Shamar Gardner - written-by
  • Theodore Arrington - written-by
  • Double A.B - featuring
  • Dylan Tucker - written-by [additional writing]
  • Kenyattah Black - featuring

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